NRCM member Jayne Winters shares so many wonderful wildlife photos with us, most taken right in her backyard! These birds were visitors to Jayne’s yard in South China, Maine, earlier this spring. Thank you, Jayne, for sharing your feathered friend photos with us! Do you have beautiful photos of Maine’s landscape or wildlife to share? Read More
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My Maine This Week: Peggy Yaeger
Thanks to new My Maine This Week photographer Peggy Yaeger of Corbin, Kentucky for sharing this adorable photo of a red squirrel that she took on one of her trips to Maine to visit family. She calls this, “Lunch time in the Schoodic Peninsula.” Do you have beautiful photos of Maine’s landscape or wildlife to Read More
My Maine This Week: David Small
“Like the old adage says ‘make hay while the sun shines.’ American Woodcock have been hanging out at Sunkhaze Meadows National Wildlife Refuge, and I’ve been able to see and photograph them. I love watching them forage. These all caught a meal while I was sharing space with them.” Photos and video by NRCM member Read More
My Maine This Week: Callie Wronker
“After a spell of gloomy, wet weather, the painted turtles at Capisic Pond Park in Portland tiptoed onto a rock to catch some sun.” Photo by NRCM member Callie Wronker of Jefferson and Portland, Maine. Do you have beautiful photos of Maine’s landscape or wildlife to share? We would love to see any photos, but Read More
Creature Feature: Harbor Seal
Harbor Seal Phoca vitulina Cool Fact: The Portland Sea Dogs, a minor league baseball team, are named after a slang term for the harbor seal. Anyone who has spent much time on the coast of Maine has probably seen a harbor seal. Seals haul out on rocks to rest and sun themselves, often posing with Read More
Sparrows Celebrate First Day of Spring & World Sparrow Day with Impromptu Concerts
We woke up this morning to the thin, quivery whistles of the “Old Sam Peabody” song of one of the two White-throated Sparrows that have made it through the entire winter in our yard. The songs were not the strong, perfect version that we all know as a quintessential sound of summer in Maine but Read More
Messalonskee Middle Schoolers Help Others Explore Maine’s Environment
This past fall at Messalonskee Middle School, students were given a variety of field guides in Mrs. Ripa’s science class. We looked at the different ways the guides were organized and thought about how useful they would be to us in our school forest. There were “Mammals of North America,” “Birds of the Northeast,” “Trees Read More
Mindfulness Birding: Our Maine Big Year
Mindfulness birding. That’s how we’re describing our Maine Big Year. The Natural Resources Council of Maine has worked hard to protect many beautiful areas throughout Maine, covering a range of habitats that are important to hundreds of species of birds that breed in our state or pass through during migration. Maine is a terrific place Read More
Maine Bird Enthusiasts: Let’s Bird Hard for the Great Backyard Bird Count
With the Great Backyard Bird Count taking place Friday (Feb. 15) through Monday (Feb. 18), we bird enthusiasts—and we know there are many among supporters of the Natural Resources Council of Maine—have a great excuse to get out (or stay in!) for some extra birding. That’s because the Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC) invites everyone, Read More
